We are connected to each other not only as humans, but to every living thing on the planet.

The human spirit is extraordinary. If we give the 3 billion people who live in poverty the opportunity to change their lives, they will. For too long, we've looked at needing to "save" these people - with an emphasis on "these people" - rather than removing the constraints keeping them from solving their own problems.

I have seen that traditional approaches to charity and aid don't solve problems of poverty. In fact, too often they create dependence.

I've heard it said that the most dangerous animal on the planet is the adolescent male.

We need leaders, we ourselves need to lead from a place that has the audacity to believe that we ourselves can extend the fundamental assumption that all men are created equal to every, man woman and child on this planet. And we need the humility to recognize that we cannot do it alone.

When I first went to Africa, I thought that I was personally going to save the continent, if not the world.

You should focus on being more interested than interesting.